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Celebrity Face Shape - Madonna

Madonna's Oval face shape is probably one of the most photographed faces in the world. She is gorgeous and keeps reinventing herself and keeps on top her game at age 50.

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If you feel you have a similar face shape like Madonna here are some Oval Face Shape tips for you:

Many styles will suit you. You can choose almost any hairstyle and any length. Your only considerations will be:

• To choose a length and style that will fit in with your lifestyle and personality. Short to medium length hair is best if you are over 40 years in age.
• If you have any sharp features such as a long nose, high/prominent cheekbones or a prominent chin then it would be best to choose a hairstyle that has an overall look that is natural an soft. This will soften the effect of the sharp features.
• Your own likes and dislikes
• The texture, quality, curl and quantity of your hair.

Make-Up

• Blush and Contour shading will add brightness and sparkle to a face that is already a pleasing shape. You can have fun experimenting with various make-up techniques.
• A basic rule to be remembered when applying foundation, blush or eye shadow is that , light advances and dark recedes.
• Apply the darker shades to areas that need to be visually diminished and the lighter shades to areas that need to be advanced.
• Apply blush just under the ball of the cheekbone, directly below the outer part of the iris.
• Extend in a smooth arc, fading towards the ear.

Hats

Although many styles of hats will suit you, by far the best are those that have large brims that are either floppy or straight.

• Always keep your proportions in mind when you select the size of your hat. If you are short in stature or have a small bone structure, you could easily be overpowered or made top heavy by a hat that is too large for you (and vice versa).
• Take your body’s scale into account when selecting how wide your brim is to be. Don’t get caught looking like a mushroom. The best width is never wider than your shoulders.

Eye Wear

Many styles of eye wear will suit you. Your only considerations will be:

• The frames must also be in proportion to your head size. A woman who has a small head will need smaller frames for balance and vice versa.
• Decorative or contrasting temples can also be added to give width to the face.
• A low bridge will shorten a long nose and a high bridge will lengthen a short nose.
• Update your glasses every two or three years with a current style.
• Do not wear obvious bifocals as they will make you look older and out of date. Ask for no-line progressive lenses.

Earrings

Again as for glasses, most shapes of earrings will suit your face shape.

• to enhance your cheekbones select earrings that have a diagonal design (sloping upwards and away from your face).
• Do not wear dangling earrings with glasses.

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
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Celebrity Colour Analysis - Nicole Richie

Style Icon, Nicole Ritchie who has transformed herself over the years. After ditching her Stylist Rachel Zoe she has not looked better.

Nicole has soft and warm features and with her hair blond she suits the Warm, Muted and Soft tones so well. These days you will her hardly ever see in anything too loud colour wise! (Not like her ex-BF Paris Hilton)

To Book your Online Colour Analysis for just AUD$175 just click here!!

Discover your best fashion colours that suit your hair, eyes and skin in the comfort of your home. You will receive a Colour Swatch with 60 of your best Colours and a 40 page personalised Colour Portfolio filled with great information about colour!

You will receive 2 questionnaires via email to start your experience. Next you will send three high-quality jpeg close up images of your face and eyes and return the questionnaires via email or regular mail.

Your Personal Colour Consultant and Fashion Stylist will analyse you colours based on your eye, hair and skin colour and she will send back a PDF report of her Colour Analysis via email including a confirmation of your Face Shape.

Via registered mail, your Stylist will send your high quality Colour Swatch containing 60 of your best colours and your Personalised Colour Portfolio ,within 10 working days, filled with tips including how to use colour to look slimmer and how to bend the rules of colour.

This Experience is available to both Women and Men and for our male clients your Colour Swatch is divided in your best colours for Dress Shirts, Suits and Jackets and Casual Wear and Ties.  

As a complimentary service to our clients, you will have unlimited access to this seasoned Fashion Stylist during your experience to ask all your style, colour and wardrobe questions.

Our Female Clients will also receive a FREE  Body Shape analysis and your personal Body Shape recommendations via email so you can create the wardrobe you've always dreamed of!

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
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Fashion by Trenery Spring/Summer 2009/2010 - The New Country Road Fashion Label for people in their 40s

Iconic Australian retailer Country Road has launched Trenery, a new brand that aims to redefine fashion 
for 40-plus men and women.

Trenery will fill a gap in the market by providing fashion which is relevant, beautiful, simple and stylish with the same Country Road focus on quality, fit and value.

Country Road has been a part of the Australian retail landscape for more than 30 years and has a strong,
loyal and growing customer base. The brand has taken on a younger focus in recent years, which has
attracted new customers and delivered strong financial results. It has also created the opportunity for
Trenery, which will appeal to older customers, many of whom will have grown up with Country Road.

People in their 40s and beyond follow fashion trends, want to look good and want brands that are
designed specifically for where they are today. That doesn’t mean dowdy, boring or safe but modern,
accessible ‘everyday luxury’.

 
Click here to find your nearest Trenery Store
 

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
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Celebrity Colour Analysis - Victoria Beckham

The impact of colour should never be underestimated. Some colours enhance your appearance, giving you an image of health, youth and vitality, while other colours detract, leaving you looking tired, old, ill!

 

Victoria is a wonderful Style Icon who keeps reinventing her look. One thing is certain she will never be is a wall flower and she can really rock these Cool , Clear and Dark Colours (Deep Winter).

She will find that when her hair is blonder the really dark and intense colours will not look as great on her and she would tone down these colours a little

Her Chocolate brown eyes and hair are really brought out by any of the Greens and Purples!

Some Winter Personality Traits you might recognise as being really Victoria....

Winter Personality

Winters have an in-command and confident presence that quickly wins the respect and trust of others. They are born leaders and have little trouble volunteering or assuming positions of leadership. They are internally motivated visionaries, who are able to quickly see the broader picture and once they set their sights on an objective they are not easily diverted. Winters are intellectuals and love nothing better than to tackle a complex dilemma, break it down systematically and come up with an effective solution. Winters value independence and competency and are often efficient and precise in whatever they attempt. They are organisers and planners and do not appreciate surprises or being forced into spur of the moment activities, preferring sufficient notice to organise and plan everything. Winters love to learn and gladly embrace the latest advances in technology. However they can become irritated when others do not share their passion for technology and continual improvement. Winters take themselves seriously and give the appearance that they can handle anything. Inwardly they are not always as comfortable or as “in control” as they would like others to believe. Winters are worriers and martyrs, making sacrifices for their children, family and other people that are not necessarily asked for. Winters are very loyal but tend to neglect friends by forgetting to call or write.

To Book your Online Colour Analysis just click here!!

You will receive Colour Swatch containing 60 of your best colours and Your Personalised Colour Portfolio filled with tips and tricks to create the wardrobe you've always dreamed of. During this experience you will have unlimited access to experienced Fashion Stylist, Angela Barbagallo to run all your style, colour and wardrobe questions past.

This amazing Portfolio will include:

    •    Your Colour Profile
    •    Colour Swatch with your Best 60 Colours
    •    Your Best Contrast Levels
    •    How to Co-ordinate Colours
    •    Your Colours as You Age
    •    Changing Your Hair Colour
    •    Your Face Shape
    •    Your Make Up Recommendations and
    •    Your Accessory Recommendations.

There's also lots of information in there about basic colour facts, colour’s impact on your body, safe colours, bending colour rules, how to wear black, setting a mood with colour, and the psychology of colour. After receiving this experience you'll be able to walk into a shop and truly understand what you see... it's an experience that keeps on giving!

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
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Great Specials at Colorado, Diana Ferrari, Jag, Williams and Mathers!

 

 

*Offer valid in Australian stores only. Offer valid in Colorado, diana ferrari, JAG, Williams & Mathers stores. Promotional period commences Wednesday 11th November to Sunday 15th November 2009 inclusive unless otherwise specified. Offer does not include already marked down items unless specified in the above offer. Offer excludes clearance stores & DFO outlets for Colorado, diana ferrari, JAG & Williams Outlet. Not available in major department stores including independent retailers. Offer valid for Fusion cardholders only. Fusion card must be presented in store to redeem offers, offer can be redeemed multiple times throughout promotional period. Offers not redeemable for cash and not valid for gift cards purchases, against prior purchases, lay-bys or in conjunction with any other offer. JAG offer includes tops & accessories including gift packs.
 

We know how important it is to Dress Right for Your Body Shape  so Click Here for Your FREE Body Shape Analysis and Body Shape Recommendations

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
    Ph  02 9520 9940   Fax 02 9520 9018  Mob 0407 032 531
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Body Shape - Do You Know Your Body Shape?

We know how important it is to Dress Right for Your Body Shape  so Click Here for Your Free Body Shape Analysis and Body Shape Recommendations

Understanding your body shape is crucial in having in a wardrobe filled with clothes that look great on you and that you feel confident in. Usually we only wear a selection of the clothes we have in the wardrobe and always fall back on old favorites that get worn all the time. 

Statistics say that we only wear 20% of our wardrobe! On average we have at least 100 garments in total in our wardrobe with an approximate price tag of $75 per garment and when we do the maths…..this works out to be a minimum of (80% x 100 x $75 =) $6000 worth of clothes that are in your wardrobe that could be spent on basics and styles that work for your body shape.

Why do we buy things and never wear them? There could be a variety of reasons but one of the main contributors is that the style simply just does not suit your shape!

We know how important it is to Dress Right for Your Body Shape  so Click Here for Your Free Body Shape Analysis and Body Shape Recommendations

So what is your shape? Well there are 6 main female body shapes:

1. Hourglass ***Click Here for Hourglass Fashion Do's and Don'ts***
A body shape that has a well balanced upper and lower body with a well defined waist. Your aim is to wear shapely garments especially at the waist, wear soft fabrics, emphasise curves without cluttering and wear straight and slightly flared pants and skirts (pencil skirts exaggerates the curve from the hip to the knee).

2. Triangle or Pear ***Click Here for Pear Fashion Do's and Don'ts***
The most common female body shape with a bottom-heavy frame arising from narrow shoulders, a small waist and a heavy bottom. Your aim is to create balance by visually broadening your upper body by using clothing with horizontal lines on your upper body, by bringing the attention upwards to the bust area. Puff sleeves broaden the shoulders to balance your lower body. Dresses that are body-hugging on the top, accentuate your tiny waist and then drape outwards, drawing a discreet veil over the width of your thighs. Wrap dresses are a great style to try.

3. Rectangle ***Click Here for Rectangle Fashion Do's and Don'ts***
A common body shape that has a columnar boxy silhouette that comes through in a similar circumference of the bust, waist and hips. Your aim is to add definition to the shape by visually elongating body and defining the shoulders (if you are overweight) or defining the waist (if your are slender). Dresses that wrap or flow through the waistline, feminine chiffon softens your shape. High waisted dresses (like a wrap dress) will add definition to your shape.

4. Inverted Triangle ***Click Here for Inverted Triangle Fashion Do's and Don'ts***
A body shape that has an upper-body-heavy frame arising from a large bust and proportionally narrow hips. Your aim is to create balance with the upper and lower body by creating the impression of a wider bottom and drawing the attention away from the upper body. Use clothing with horizontal lines lower body and use vertical lines upper body.

5 & 6 Oval and Diamond ***Click Here for Oval and Diamond Fashion Do's and Don'ts***
A body shape that has a undefined waist, a large low (Oval) or high (Diamond) stomach and a tendency to have love handles. The hips are broad and the upper thighs are generous. This woman may also have either a large or a flat bottom. Your aim is to visually elongate the body and pull the attention toward the head and shoulders. Draw attention away from the middle area upward to the face, shoulder and neck areas. By creating length in the torso you will have a longer more flattering silhouette.

We know how important it is to Dress Right for Your Body Shape  so Click Here for Your Free Body Shape Analysis and Body Shape Recommendations

Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
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Pear or Triangle Body Shape Fashion Do's and Don'ts

We know how important it is to Dress Right for Your Body Shape  so Click Here for Your FREE Body Shape Analysis and Body Shape Recommendations

Triangle Shape is the most common female shape
Bottom heavy frame arising from narrow shoulders, small waist and large hips
The aim is to create balance by visually broadening your upper body

DO’s

• Use Horizontal lines upper body
• Bring the attention upwards to the bust area, puff sleeves broaden the shoulders to balance your lower body.
• Dresses that are body-hugging on the top, accentuate your tiny waist and then drape outwards, drawing a discreet veil over the width of your thighs. (wrap dresses are a great style to try)
• Big Lapel jackets and wide-cut necklines serve to broaden the appearance of your shoulders, balancing the bottom half.
• A cropped jacket gives the illusion of lengthening your legs and it’s sufficiently hugging to enhance your well defined waist.
• Broad lapels on a winter jacket draw the eye to your shoulders and show a shapely torso. Make sure the coat flares to the knee, covering the bulge of your thighs.
• A jumper worn over a shirt, t-shirt or blouse moulds to your figure and gives you a curvy shape.
• Wide-leg or straight pants in a flat fronted style that hang from the top of your bottom and don’t cling to your thighs.
• Wear a darker colour on the lower half of your body to help slim the legs.
• Use Vertical lines lower body
• Straight & slightly flared skirts (A-line is a good choice)
• Shape wear that is like a biker pants to skim the thighs and bottom and enhance the slim waist and flat stomach.

DON’Ts

• Stiff fabrics
• Shapeless garments
• Side Pockets on pants (look out for angled pockets that don’t pull when you walk or appear to be straining)
• Full Skirts with open pleats
• Pencil skirts
• Tapered pants (like the fashionable skinny jeans)
• Jodhpurs (like horse-riding pants)
• Spaghetti-strap tops
• Jackets that cut across the bum
• Cropped trousers (like Capri Style pants)
• Stretched trousers of any kind
• Ankle Straps or stilettos.

Famous Triangles

Halle Berry, Meryl Streep, Shakira, Sandra Bullock

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Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
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Hourglass Body Shape Fashion Do's and Don'ts

Hourglass Shape
You have perfect proportions between your upper and lower body with a well defined waist. Dressing is often quite easy as many styles suit an hourglass shape. Your only limitations will come from other factors such as weight, prominent features, age, your shoulder-line etc.
Weight gain does not become apparent until you are moderately overweight, as the weight tends to be distributed evenly and the waist remains proportionally small.

To flatter your hourglass body shape the following Do’s and Don’ts will be of help help when you venture on your next shopping expedition or when you are assessing your current wardrobe.

DO’s

• Shapely garments especially at the waist
• Soft fabrics
• Emphasise curves without cluttering
• Straight and slightly flared pants and skirts (pencil skirts exaggerates the curve from the hip to the knee)
• Dresses that emphasise the waist
• Tops that fit the waist are wide open on the neckline and has something to divert the eye towards the shoulders like puffed sleeves.
• Simple jewellery.
• Jacket with curved curved lapel to show off curves, 3 quarter sleeves show off elegant wrists and suggest a delicate frame.
• Shirts that have side fastening (do not button all the way to the top)
• Cute shoes with rounded toes, peep toes or bows.
• Make sure that dress or top fits the bust foremost as it is easier to take things in at the back.
• A coat with a deep V and full skirt and pockets on the hips.

DON’Ts

• Stiff fabrics
• Cluttering the body
• Baggy styles
• Skirts with open pleats
• Tapered pants
• Flap side pockets on trousers
• Big Belts
• Batwing sleeves
• Deep V-neck fitted cardigans
• Ankle straps shoes, pointy shoes like stilettos or cowboy boots
• Watch that sleeves around the arms don’t cut in.

Famous Hourglass Body Shapes

Nigella Lawson, Salma Hayek, Charlotte Church and Marilyn Monroe.

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Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
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Rectangle Body Shape Fashion Do's and Don'ts

 

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Rectangle Shape

• A common female body shape
• A columnar, boxy silhouette that comes from similar circumference of the bust, waist and hips.
• Hips tend to be square and often the arms and legs are proportionally slender
• A flat bottom is also common
• A rectangular woman will often appear shorter and heavier than she really is.
• Many women find they become rectangular with age. The thickening of the mid-torso is most commonly a result of the vertebrae compressing and creating less torso length and less space to distribute any fat.
• The aim is to add definition to the shape by visually elongating body and defining the shoulders (if you are overweight) or defining the waist (if your are slender).

DO’s

• Slight shaping of garments
• A classic round-neck jumper gives elegant shape
• Angular jackets that point to your waist
• Shoulder-line emphasis
• Dresses that wrap or flow through the waistline, feminine chiffon softens your shape
• High waisted dresses (like a wrap dress) will add definition to your shape.
• Jackets that fasten with a tie belt or sash to create a waist.
• A three-quarter length coat that is belted (like a trench-coat), make sure you tie the jacket either at the front or the back. Hip pockets on the jacket add a bit of curve.
• A coat that is cut in an empire line that comes in at the waist.
• Straight and semi-fitted jackets and dresses
• Straight to slightly flared flat fronted pants
• High placed focal points
• The gentle flare of an A-line skirts is all you need to add shape to your waist.
• Slightly flared pants that add shape to your waist
• Accessories that focus the attention to the centre and the top part of your body.
• Fitted Vest with a shirt, blouse or t-shirt underneath to carve into the body.
• Shape wear that shapes the waist.

DON’Ts

• Clingy Fabrics that accentuate the rectangle shape
• Fitted silhouettes that accentuate the rectangle shape
• Baggy pants
• Big loose tops
• Narrow skirts
• Cropped tops
• Dropped waist
• Formless three-quarter length jackets
• Boxy jackets
• Double breasted coats
• Mini-skirts
• Trousers in a stiff fabric

Famous Rectangles

Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Cattrall, Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda, Elle McPherson, Cameron Diaz

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Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
    Ph  02 9520 9940   Fax 02 9520 9018  Mob 0407 032 531
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Inverted Triangle Body Shape Fashion Do's and Don'ts

 

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Inverted Triangle Shape
The aim is to create balance with the upper and lower body by creating the impression of a wider bottom and drawing attention away from the upper body.

DO’s

• Use Horizontal lines lower body
• Use Vertical lines upper body
• A draping dress that curves in all the right places (jersey accentuates your shape)
• Dresses that flow through the waist
• A fluting skirt with a flaring hemline to balance top and lower half.
• A draping skirt that gathers on the hips (jersey is great).
• A-line skirts
• A coat with buttons that sit underneath the bust.
• Set in sleeves
• Side shaped garments
• Good fitting bras
• Shape wear that shapes from the bust and finishes at the bottom.
• Flared Pants

DON’Ts

• Stiff fabrics
• Emphasizing waist
• Full sleeves
• Big Collar
• Tapered pants
• Chunky knit sweaters
• Double breasted jackets
• Shift dresses
• Polo necks
• High wasted trousers
• Bolero jackets
• Elaborate necklaces
• Shapeless floatie dresses
• Three quarter sleeves or sleeves that finish at the bust line
• Cut away shoulders
• Scooped necklines
• Shoulder pads

Famous Inverted Triangles

Susan Sarandon, Angelina Jolie, Uma Thurman Renee Zellweger, Catharina Zeta Jones

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Blog written by Angela Barbagallo, Fashion Stylist
Style Angel Corporation Pty Ltd
1 Bracken Close   Engadine NSW 2233 Australia
    Ph  02 9520 9940   Fax 02 9520 9018  Mob 0407 032 531
angela@styleangel.com   www.styleangel.com 

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